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On Saturday, Aaron achieved his 100 metres swimming certificate, which was 4 lengths of the pool at Meadowlands. From what I could see, he managed it pretty comfortably and could have carried on a bit further! Aaron said that he has to do that for his warm up each week now! 😉 Well done, Aaron!

Last Wednesday, Aaron had a check up at the dentist.  The dentist was happy with his teeth but did say they it looks like he will have to have a brace when he is a bit older as his mouth isn’t big enough. At the moment, he has big teeth coming through in front and behind of his baby teeth as there is no room. It means he will have to have some teeth out as well!

The Beavers were meant to have a Friday night film night and sleepover before half term, but that had to be cancelled due to changes in the rules for adults being with them all night. Aaron wasn’t going to sleep over in the scout hut anyway as an adult would have had to stay with him (and Kelly and I didn’t want to do that!!) so they had to change it to a ‘midnight’ walk (at 6pm) and then a film and sweets after. Kelly went with him and the head Beaver took them, in the pitch black, all around the local area, into the muddy fields and woods! They were quite lagged with mud afterwards and Kelly was glad she took her boots to change into for the walk!! Aaron had great fun though but they didn’t see any Deer or other animals, which was a shame. They then watched a film and ate lots of naughty food before getting home just after 10pm, as they stayed behind to help tidy up. Beavers is a great thing to do as Aaron gets to do lots of awesome things that he likes! Coby has signed up already but has to be 5 before he starts and Ben wants to do it as well, but he is too old for Beavers now and none of his friends do it anyway.

A few weeks ago, Aaron got another Headteachers Merit Award. He has reached this milestone a few times now so I have actually lost count!! haha.. It shows that he is working hard and doing very well at school though, so long may it continue! We went to see him get it during assembly and he got a big clap from everyone.

This term, Aaron has started doing swimming lessons with the school, which is part of the curriculum.  The school used to go to Meadowlands in Tavistock, where Aaron goes for lessons anyway, but this year they have changed to go to Mount Kelly (also in Tavistock) who have a top quality swimming pool. He is getting on very well there and you can see his improvements on Saturday’s during his normal lessons, so it is doing him good! He is so close to completing his current stage so hopefully this will make it even sooner!